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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Had amodiaquine at home for child's fever/cough (C_FEVAMOQHOME)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1785
End: 1785
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
549. Did you already have (NAME OF DRUG FROM 547) at home when the child became ill?

ASK SEPARATELY FOR EACH OF THE DRUGS 'A' THROUGH 'H' THAT THE CHILD IS RECORDED AS HAVING TAKEN IN 547.

IF YES FOR ANY DRUG, CIRCLE CODE FOR THAT DRUG.
IF NO FOR ALL DRUGS, CIRCLE 'Y'

ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS

SP/FANSIDAR/MALAFAN A
CHLOROQUINE B
CAMOQUINE C
QUININE D
ARTESUNATE WITH AMODIAQUINE E
ARTEMISININ F
ARTEMETHER/LUMEFANTRINE G
OTHER ANTIMALARIAL (SPECIFY) _____ H

ANTIBIOTIC PILL/SYRUP I
NO DRUG AT HOME Y
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
For young children who took amodiaquine for a fever in the past 2 weeks, FEVAMOQHOME (ML17C) indicates whether their home already had amodiaquine on hand when the child became ill.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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